Chapter Summaries

The Shrek Eight Devils and the Royal Combat Team entered the Great Soul Arena for a high-stakes team battle, while their leaders recognized Qin Ming among the opposing team's supervisors. As both teams prepared to fight, Tang San watched from the stands after Manager Ao barred her from competing.

• Doudou introduced the Royal Combat Team, led by Yu Tianheng, and the Shrek Eight Devils, led by Snow King, then invited them onto the stage.
• The two teams entered the arena, and Dugu Yan grew furious when she thought Ye Ying was staring at her chest.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized Qin Ming as the Royal Combat Team's leader, but Flender said he would explain after the match.
• Both teams released their Soul Power and prepared their formations as Doudou watched from above.
• Tang San complained to Yu Xiaogang that the arena was targeting her because Manager Ao had kept her out of the battle due to her weak Soul Rings.

The Shrek Eight Devils faced the Royal Combat Team as both sides released their Martial Souls and revealed their strength. The battle began with the Royal Combat Team holding a clear advantage in Martial Soul quality and Soul Ring configuration.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the other Shrek Eight Devils prepared for the match after Oscar distributed Sausages.
• The Shi Brothers transformed into Xuanwu Turtles and blocked Dai Mubai’s aura from reaching their teammates.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, transforming his right arm into a powerful dragon arm.
• Dugu Yan, Osler, and Yu Feng revealed their Martial Soul forms, while Ye Ying said she wanted to play with snakes.
• Doudou announced the beginning of the Soul Battle.

Ye Ying used the Shrek Seven Devils’ coordinated attack to slip underground and reach the Royal Combat Team’s back line. He caught Dugu Yan by surprise and slammed her into the ground, but Osler and the Shi Brothers then turned their attacks on him.

• Dai Mubai attacked Shi Mo and Shi Mo, but their retracted heads and Xuanwu Turtle shells blocked his claws.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Dai Mubai as predicted by Ye Ying, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing moved toward the Royal Combat Team’s rear and Ma Hongjun held off the Shi Brothers.
• Dugu Yan released poisonous mist and assumed the Shrek Eight Devils were unable to break through, then realized Ye Ying was missing.
• Ye Ying used Oscar’s Burrowing Mushroom Sausage, Ning Rongrong’s acceleration, and his Speed-Up Milk Tea to travel underground behind the Royal Combat Team.
• Ye Ying grabbed Dugu Yan and threw her to the ground, prompting her to shout for her teammates to fall back and defend.
• Osler sent two clones at Ye Ying while the Shi Brothers shattered their shields and targeted him.

Ye Ying carried Ye Lingling off the arena to stop her from supporting her team, then used his Ice Dragon Wings to blow away Dugu Yan’s poison mist. As the teams resumed fighting, the Shi Brothers launched their tortoise-shell shields at Ye Ying, leaving him no room to dodge.

• Ye Ying lifted Ye Lingling’s veil, grabbed her to shield himself from incoming attacks, and flew her beyond the arena’s boundary.
• Ye Lingling refused to abandon her teammates, but realized Ye Ying had carried her off the stage and disqualified her from the fight.
• Dugu Yan released a cloud of poison mist, which Ye Ying blew out of the arena with his Ice Dragon Wings.
• Dai Mubai fought Yu Tianheng, Zhu Zhuqing faced Osler, and Ma Hongjun attacked the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master while Ye Ying confronted the Shi Brothers.
• The Shi Brothers transformed their shells into shields and hurled them at Ye Ying, whose path of escape was blocked.

The Shrek team struggled against the opposing Soul Masters as Xiao Wu was injured and Ma Hongjun barely held off Yu Feng. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Ye Ying changed Dai Mubai into herself and kicked him away.

• Ma Hongjun fought Yu Feng while Zhu Zhuqing struggled against Osler, and Dai Mubai called Zhu Zhuqing over to help face both opponents.
• The Xuanwu Turtle Soul Masters struck Xiao Wu and sent her off the arena, where the ice-blue Deer King carried her to Ye Lingling for treatment.
• Yu Feng unleashed Rising Wind and Surging Clouds, but Ma Hongjun used his Phoenix flames and Oscar’s sausages to block the attack.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Yu Tianheng and Osler used their remaining strength to stop them.
• Ye Ying changed Dai Mubai into herself, then kicked him away as Zhu Zhuqing rushed toward him.

Ye Ying and Zhu Zhuqing revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that defeated the Royal Combat Team, winning the Soul Battle for the Shrek Eight Devils. Zhu Zhuqing recovered after Ye Ying gave her Soul Power-restoring milk tea, while Dai Mubai grew furious and resolved to confess his relationship with her.

• Ye Ying kicked Dai Mubai aside as he and Zhu Zhuqing embraced and fused into an Ice-Blue Spirit Cat.
• The Ice-Blue Spirit Cat struck down Osler, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Feng, then defeated the Shi Brothers until Yu Tianheng surrendered.
• Ye Ying fed Zhu Zhuqing milk tea, and she woke up and stayed close to him, upsetting Dai Mubai.
• Doudou announced the Shrek Eight Devils' victory, and Ye Ying told the defeated Royal Combat Team that his wisdom had helped beat them.
• Yu Tianheng admitted his team had not lost only because of Ye Ying's strength, and Dai Mubai recognized the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's power.

The Shrek Eight Devils defeated the Royal Combat Team, and Ye Ying celebrated with his teammates before declaring that they had passed his training test. Qin Ming encouraged the defeated team to learn from the loss, while Oscar asked Ye Ying if their success meant they would get a vacation.

• Dugu Yan vowed to avenge her humiliation, while Ye Lingling exchanged a friendly wave with Ye Ying.
• Dai Mubai celebrated the victory as Ye Ying handed out restorative milk tea and checked Xiao Wu's injuries; the Shrek Eight Devils stacked their hands together as the VIPs applauded.
• Tang San angrily claimed the applause and glory should have belonged to her and threatened the others.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan blamed themselves for the Royal Combat Team's defeat, but Qin Ming told the team to grow through defeat and sent them to rest.
• The Shrek Eight Devils reunited with Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji, and Ye Ying said they had passed his training test.
• Oscar asked Ye Ying whether passing the test meant they would get a vacation.

After defeating the Royal Combat Team, the Shrek Eight Devils learned more about Qin Ming and Heaven Dou Royal Academy while celebrating their month of victories. As they collected their rewards and had their Soul Battle Points calculated, Qin Ming left with Flender and Zhao Wuji to catch up.

• Flender announced that the Shrek Eight Devils would rest for half a month before beginning a third training stage aimed at winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Qin Ming returned to Shrek Academy, greeted his former teachers Flender and Zhao Wuji, and learned that Yu Xiaogang was Yu Tianheng's uncle from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Flender explained that Qin Ming had once been Shrek Academy's most outstanding student and that he now taught the Royal Combat Team at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The Shrek Eight Devils discussed Heaven Dou Royal Academy and speculated about Qin Ming's Soul Power level before heading to settle their Soul Battle Points.
• Manager Ao gave Ye Ying the promised twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins and arranged for the Shrek Eight Devils' Soul Battle Points to be calculated.

After the Shrek team’s victory earned Ye Ying a Gold Soul Fighting Badge, Manager Ao explained that few level-thirty teams could challenge them. Outside the arena, Yu Xiaogang reunited with his nephew Yu Tianheng, who urged him to return to their family.

• Ye Ying received a Gold Soul Fighting Badge, while the other Shrek members earned Silver badges, and Ma Hongjun worried they would have to fight Gold Soul teams.
• Manager Ao told the Shrek members that level-thirty Gold Soul teams were virtually nonexistent and that few teams could match the Royal Combat Team.
• The Shrek members celebrated their rapid rise in rank after changing back into their own clothes.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped the defeated Royal Combat Team on its way to the hotel and asked Yu Tianheng to speak with him alone.
• Yu Tianheng greeted his uncle emotionally and urged him to return to the family, telling him that his grandfather and father missed him.

Yu Xiaogang advised Yu Tianheng to let go of his clan’s pride after the Royal Combat Team’s defeat and revealed that he led the Shrek Eight Devils. At the hotel, Qin Ming learned how young the Shrek students were.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Tianheng that pride had kept the Royal Combat Team from using its full strength and urged him to learn from the defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he was one of the Shrek Eight Devils’ leaders and said his personal disciple was a powerful control-system Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang left after promising Yu Tianheng another chance to face the Shrek team if he abandoned his pride.
• Ma Hongjun tried to take wine from Flender’s table, but Flender struck his hand away with chopsticks.
• Qin Ming recognized Ma Hongjun as the Evil Fire Phoenix and was shocked to learn he was thirteen.
• Flender told Qin Ming that Shrek Academy accepted only young students and listed several members who had enrolled that year.

Qin Ming reunited with Flender and the Shrek Eight Devils, then Ye Ying proposed that Shrek Academy cooperate with Heaven Dou Royal Academy so the students could use its tournament slot and training facilities. The group agreed to join the academy only on terms that protected Shrek's identity and independence.

• Qin Ming was surprised to learn that most of the Shrek Eight Devils were only twelve or thirteen, and told them he had reached Soul Power Level sixty-two.
• Zhao Wuji urged the students to order freely at Flender's expense, and Ma Hongjun ordered nearly everything on the menu before Ye Ying supplied Moutai conjured from his Soy Sauce Latte.
• Qin Ming offered to treat the teachers and students, while Flender threatened Zhao Wuji with a sparring match after Zhao laughed at his expense.
• Qin Ming said he wished Ye Ying and Zhu Zhuqing could join the Royal Academy, and Ye Ying proposed an exchange between the academies instead.
• Ye Ying asked Shrek to borrow Heaven Dou Royal Academy's tournament slot and simulated environment, with no interference in teaching and the right to leave at any time.
• Flender and the Shrek Eight Devils agreed to Ye Ying's proposal and said they would identify themselves as members of Shrek Academy.

After Shrek Academy’s second training phase ended, Ye Ying used the two months before the Heaven Dou Royal Academy exchange to develop powerful Soul Tools. His successful Soul Tool Cannonball stunned everyone and showed that his weapons could rival the strength of high-level Soul Masters.

• The Shrek Eight Devils returned to the academy after completing their month of soul-fighting training, and Flender told them to rest while Qin Ming handled arrangements with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Ying planned for everyone to cultivate during the two-month wait, rented every vacant room, and bought a large supply of Soul Tool scrap to experiment with.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang built a separate workshop, where Tang San spent forty-nine days making Hidden Weapons, including the Flying God Claw and the Son and Mother Chasing Soul Deadly Gall.
• Ye Ying completed a Soul Tool Cannonball and detonated it at the academy, creating a massive explosion that drew everyone to his workshop.
• Ye Ying explained that the cannonball could strike with the full force of a Soul Saint and gave Flender a Soul Tool Pistol that could pierce a Soul Ancestor’s defenses.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong asked Ye Ying for Soul Tool Pistols, with Ning Rongrong offering to pay.